Here are a couple of videos about young people coming into the industry in an area where trucking operations are desperate, that is diesel mechanics, here we are giving young people an example to follow into the workshop.
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Does Size Matter?
It’s a perennial question on many and varied topics, but the question, does size matter? is also relevant in the truck world.
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Looking for a Miracle
Anyone in the trucking industry who is looking forward over any period beyond about 12 months ahead, will be starting to think how the freight task they are handling now can be handled in a zero carbon emissions form, and some of those contemplating this issue will be looking for a miracle.
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Positive Outcomes from Women Truck Drivers
Here are a couple of videos outlining the positive outcomes from women truck drivers increasing in the industry. In fact, the drive-to increase the number of women behind the wheel in trucks should be a no-brainer.
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Time to Take Our Head Out of the Sand
Looking at the results of the survey conducted by the International Road Transport Union in partnership with NatRoad, it is clear that, for the trucking industry, it’s time to take our head out of the sand and wake up to the implications of our drastic shortage of drivers, needed to take the industry forward.
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A Kenworth History Lesson
In this video classic restoration enthusiast, Fletch, gives us a Kenworth history lesson about the introduction of the iconic brand to the Australian truck market.
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Motus Operandi
There are dozens of smart new road transport and distribution operations popping up around Australia and many are moving away from the traditional trucking model and finding new 21st century business models, PowerTorque visits one of them Motus Transport in Sydney, and asks about their ‘motus operandi’.
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On the Road with the NHVR
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has been active in New South Wales for over two years now, so PowerTorque spent the day at the Mount White Checking Station, on the road with the NHVR, to see how the transition has changed the interface between the trucking community and its regulator.
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The Origin of the X Series
The winner of the Truck of the Year Australasia 2024, the Western Star X Series was a long time in the making. It’s here now and PowerTorque has looked into the origin of the X Series, a ground breaking range of trucks for the Australasian market.
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Painting a Truck With Light
PowerTorque readers will get an exclusive story in the next issue of the magazine, when our European Correspondent, Will Shiers, reports on his test drive of the Renault Trucks Diamond Echo electric demonstration vehicle which displays an innovative design, involving painting a truck with light.
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